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(ModeL) J. YOUNG, Jr.

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Patented Deb. 13,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JEFFERSON YOUNG, JR., OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HENRY L.BUTLER, JR, AND WILLIAM H. GOLDEY.

HORSE-BOOT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 250,771, dated December13, 1881.

Application filed April 20, 1881. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEFFERSON YOUNG, Jr., of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented certain Improvements inHorse-Boots, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a horse-boot designed to prevent and cure thehabit commonly known as interference. Many boots have been designed forthis purpose, but as hitherto made they have been open to one or anotherof the various objections that they turn upon the foot, that they wouldchafe the opposite leg or fetlock of the animal, and that when wet theylost shape and stiffness, and became practically useless.

The object of this invention is to produce an exceedingly lighthorse-boot for use in curing the habit commonly known as interference,the design being to produce a boot which being applied to one foot shallslightly touch the other when the two are brought too near each other,and to adapt this boot for successful use when subjected to moisture.

The invention consists in various details of construction, hereinafterdescribed, consisting mainly in braiding the manila upon tarred marline,and covering the latter with leather or felt.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents aperspective view of my boot; Fig. 2, a cross-section of the same.

A represents the manila or fibrous material; B, the tarred rope ormarline upon which the same is braided; and G, the leather or feltarranged upon the inside of and covering the marline.

D represents the widened ends of theleather, and E buckles attached toone end of the leather, and engaging with the straps upon the oppositeend of the same, whereby the boot may be fastened snugly around the legor foot of the animal.

The manner in which the fiber is braided around the marline is clearlyrepresented in the eross-section. It will be seen that the fibersradiate or stand outward around the exterior of the boot, and that theyform a thick brush-like mass.

In use the boot will touch the opposite foot of the animal lightly, andwith just suflicient force to cause the animal to separate his feet, theanimal being in this manner trained to carry his feet in the properposition without the danger of having the foot ehafed or cut, or ofhaving his gait destroyed by the application of excessive weight, as isthe case with the leather boots.

The right to take a future patent covering the boot constructed ofmanila fiber is hereby reserved.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a horse-boot,the combination of the rope or marline, the fiber braided thereon, andattaching devices, substantially as described and shown.

2. The combination of the rope or marline, the fiber braided thereon,and a leather coverin g applied thereto, in the manner described andshown, and provided with fastening devlces.

3. The horse-boot consisting of the brushlike body, and the interiorvsupporting-strip, having its ends widened in the manner described andshown, and provided with fasteningdevices.

JEFFERSON YOUNG, JR.

Witnesses:

W. H. MURPHY, WM. W. CAIN.

